It was not an easy task to contain the 30 most visionary startups of the year on just five finalists. Vivatech’s innovation of the year attracted an extraordinary pool of applicants – startups that deal with massive global challenges with brave, technically highly developed and scalable solutions. From the redefinition of human-machine interaction to the revolution of health care, climate and infrastructure, every company brought something unique. The selection process was intense, and every startup that made it up to the top 30 should be incredibly proud of what you built.
Vivatech Innovation of the Year debut this year to celebrate and emphasize the groundbreaking startups that change the future again. This prestigious award is open to all exhibiting startups at Vivatech 2025 and recognizes a startup that has shown extraordinary creativity, technological ingenuity and the potential to change its industry.
Now we are happy to reveal the five finalists who are entered the stage live at Vivatech 2025:
Beyond Math: The world’s first generative physics platform, which replaces slow, expensive simulations with real-time AI-powered physics. Engineers can carry out 1000x faster simulations, test thousands of designs immediately and shorten time, costs and complexity.
Chipiron: Create the first easy, inexpensive MRI with ultra-low-down magnetic fields without impairing the image quality. Your goal: make MRI 100 times more accessible and an early, large screening enable a blood test for everyone.
Exclusive drape: Offers the world’s first non-invasive geothermal panels that transform underground rooms such as parking parks and tunnels in renewable heating and cooling sources and enable fast, low-carbon retrofits without drilling in dense urban environments.
Hua Tech International: An automated microfluidal platform that integrates a nanostructured semiconductor biochip, a multiplex fluorescence color and the AI ​​analysis in order to precisely identify, identify and analyze rare circulating cells for cancer diagnosis.
Lumisync: Data centers to synchronize your data flow at the speed of light with the worldwide 1,100% photonic oscillator in order to reduce your latency and energy consumption by 1000x.
These outstanding companies will be their solutions during the Final of the Vivatech innovation of the year To Wednesday, June 11th at 1:35 p.m.live on the Pitch studio stage. Every pitch follows a Q&A meeting with a group of expert judges, including Jeff Taylor, Jaja Liao from 25madison, Shabir Vasram from Daphni and Howard Wright from Nvidia.
The winner of the innovation of the year will be announced the following day at the Vivatech Global Awards ceremony Thursday, June 12th at 5:45 p.m. To Level 1. In addition to the title, the start of profit receives a free startup corner at Vivatech 2026 and a coveted place in the Ai Technologia startup Battlefield 200.
The ceremony will also bring the four other Vivatech prices to the ramps and the winners of the each.
- The female founder Challenge, who celebrates women, leads the innovative startups that drive the disruptive technologies that shape the future.
- The Afratech Awards, this Pana-African initiative, recognizes and supports startups that want to have a positive effect in three important areas-Greentech, Healthtech and E-Commerce / Fintech.
- The next starting fupper challenge, the Inter-School and University Award for the new generation of entrepreneurs who work on effective projects to make their dreams reality.
- The Tech for Change Award, which was launched this year together with Vivatech Innovation of the Year and recognized startups that have positive effects on the core of their business model.
Stay tuned – we can’t wait to put these groundbreaking founders in the spotlight.